“Those four key challenges — waves, wind, rainfall and flooding — have been those four stages that different areas have worked through at different times,” he said Saturday morning.

The premier confirmed overnight wind speeds of 107 km/h were recorded at the Gold Coast seaway, 93 km/h at the Brisbane Airport, and 85 kmh at Redcliffe.

“We have seen some damage to some buildings. We’ve seen the loss of a roof off one of the apartment buildings, one of the older buildings on the Gold Coast,” he said.

“We’ve had quite a few instances of trees falling on homes, cars and powerlines.”

Crisafulli is warning Queenslanders to stay vigilant as the heavy rainfall continues.

“The challenges now are flash flooding, creek rises. They remain a real prospect with some of the rainfall predicted in the days ahead,” he said.

“We have to be ready for that prospect. With swollen catchments, the risk of flash flooding remains, I’m asking Queenslanders to continue to stay vigilant.”

Over the past 19 hours, 240 millimetres or rain was recorded at Springbrook, 200mm at Tallebudgera and 100mm at Mount Cotton.